‘Azzun ‘Atma, Falamiya, Habla, Shave Shomron, Mon 15.10.12, Morning
Translator: Judith Green
6:30 Azzun Atma
Because of delays, we were a bit late. Lots of people were sitting outside already, waiting for transports. There was a line of about 30 people; by 6:30, all had gone through. The soldiers said that because of the new system, and the political situation, the passage is quick. It was too late to take a look at the Tamar Gate, so we decided to show Barbara, our guest, the isolated house of Hani, at the outskirts of Elkana.
6:50 To our surprise, a car full of soldiers appeared right after us; they opened the Gate to the road and drove off to the north. We were told by the security guard that they had gone to open another gate. Right after that, a security guard arrived from the settlement who told us that we had entered a military area – notice the sign! The sign was one meter behind us.
More soldiers arrived and then, at 7:10, the security guard left toward the eastern gate of the security fence, in the direction of Mashah, and opened it. He checked the documents of those waiting there and let them enter Elkanah. Some of them immediately went down toward the fields and a few went in the direction of Elkanah. 11 women went by, 6 men, including one youth and the rest elderly, and 4 children. 2 youths were sent back and we weren't able to find out why. Some of them had carts and donkeys and they all had harvesting equipment. At 7:20, the gate was closed by the security guard.
It is surprising that the control over the passage is in his hands and not in the hands of the army. Since when can security guards decide who is allowed to go through??
7:50 Habla
There were still about 20 people waiting to go through; the passage was faster than usual.
8:45 Falamiya
A tractor was stuck in the mddle of the passage. The problem was that the driver did not have the proper permit. The soldiers were clearing it up with the DCO and were told that he was not allowed to go through. He claimmed that he always went through and that is the arrangement. It turned out that the soldiers had spoken with someone of a low rank at the DCO. We called Tedesa, after the tractor driver contacted the Palestinian DCO. Tedesa already knew about the problem and immediately permitted the tractor's passage through.
9:40
We also went to Shavei Shomron – highway #60, in order to see if everything was open there and there were no detainees and, at the bakery, they assured us that there were delays only (!) on days when the settlers were traveling to Homesh.
'Azzun 'Atma
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'Azzun 'Atma
A Palestinian village of about 1,800 residents. The settlement of Sha'arei Tikva was established on its land adjacent to it, and the settlement of Oranit was established on its agricultural lands. By 2013, the separation fence had passed through the village and a checkpoint staffed by the army allowed the residents to cross from side to side. After building a massive wall surrounding the village and some of its agricultural lands, the residents went daily for five years to their lands that remained in the Seam Zone through the Oranit agricultural checkpoint (4). Since 2018 it has only opened during the olive harvest and the farmers have to pass daily at the Beit Amin / Abu Salman checkpoint (1447), about 3 kilometers north.From a report from March 24, 2021: "The farmers from Beit Amin and Azon Atma are happy that since February 21 the Oranit checkpoint .is going to be open 3 times a day, The farmers are really developing the place."
Report from July 14, 2024: "Ornit checkpoint is closed . The Beit Amin/Abu Salman agricultural checkpoint is closed (there is no contact with the military to check if it opens rarely), the Ezbat Jaloud checkpoint was opened once a day before the war.
Updated for July 2024
Apr-11-2019Azoun: The main entrance to village blocked now for several weeks
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Falamiya
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Habla CP (1393)
The Habla checkpoint (1393) was established on the lands of the residents of Qalqilya, on the short road that
connected it for centuries to the nearby town of Habla. The separation barrier intersects this road twice and cut off the residents of Qalqilya from their lands in the seam zone.(between the fence and the green line).
There is a passage under Road 55 that connects Qalqilya to the sabotage This agricultural barrier is used by the farmers and nursery owners established along Road 55 from the Green Line and on both sides of the kurkar road leading to the checkpoint.
This agricultural checkpoint serves the residents of Arab a-Ramadin al-Janoubi (detached from the West Bank), who pass through it to the West Bank and back to their homes. The opening hours (3 times a day) of this agricultural checkpoint are longer than usual, about an hour (recently shortened to 45 minutes), and are coordinated with the transportation hours of a-Ramadin children studying in the occupied in the West Bank.Ronit Dahan-RamatiApr-25-2025Habla Checkpoint: system of gates
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Shave Shomron Checkpoint
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The checkpoint is on Route 60 (the main road to the northern West Bank), opposite settlement. Has been blocked to Palestinians since disengagement from Gaza and northern Samaria.
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